Heated eyelash curler

ABSTRACT

A manually operable eyelash curler employing a scissors like control action contains eyelash engaging means with an electric heating element which is battery powered, the batteries being disposed in the curler.

United States Patent 1191 Skandalakis 1 1 Oct. 1, 1974 1 HEATED EYELAS H CURLER 1,925,266 9/1933 Manning 132/31 A 2,506,121 5/1950 Tuttle et al, 1 132/32 R [75] Inventori fggg i 3,605,762 9/1971 Fromman 132 9 [73] Asslgnee: figx z g z i g igx Primary Examiner G. E. McNeill interest [22] F11ed: Aug. 10, 1973 [57] ABSTRACT [21] Appl. No.: 387,383

A manually operable eyelash curler employing a scissors like control action contains eyelash, engaging (g1 means with an electric heating element which is u v n n n n n n n n n n n n I n n t d, b b d' d [58] Field of Search 132/32 R, 32 c, 31, 9, i f a ems emg pose m e References Cited 2 Claims, 4 Drawing Figures UNITED STATES PATENTS 1/1929 Stickel et a]. 132/32 C 1 HEATED EYELASH CURLER SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION My invention is directed toward a device for use in curling eyelashes. The device, which is manually operated with a scissors-type mechanism, employs first fixed eyelash receiving means and second similar means movable toward and away from the first means. the eyelashes being disposed between these two means.

The second means contains an electric heating element supplied with power from batteries contained in the device itself.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a front view of my invention;

FIG. 2 is a side view of my invention;

FIG. 3 is a detail view of a portion of the structure shown in FIGS. 1 and 2; and

FIG. 4 is an enlarged detail view illustrating the operation of my invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF. PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Referring now to FIGS. l4, a vertical upright U shaped frame has opposite top ends joined by a coplanar transversely extending soft rubber covered eyelash receiving member 12.

A second parallel member 14 lying in the same plane is slidable up and down along the legs of the frame. Member 14 is curved, covered with soft rubber and contains an elongated heating element 16 disposed therein.

A vertical extension 18 is secured at its upper end to the bottom of the frame and extends outward and downward therefrom to terminate in a finger receiving loop 20. Another extension 24 is pivotally secured at its upper end to the bottom of the frame and extends downward and outward oppositely directed to another finger receiving loop 22. Loops 20 and 22 lie in planes parallel to each other and extending at right angles to the plane of the frame.

Extension 24 has a hollow housing 26 containing removable dry cells 28 and an on off switch 30, suitably imbedded conductors supplying current from the cells through the switch to the element to heat same.

A linkage 32 is pivotally secured at one end to the bottom of the frame and extends outward between the extensions. The other end of the linkage is pivotally secured to the exposed top end of a vertical shaft 34 disposed in the housing and extending upward.

An elongated brace 36 pivotally secured at one end to the midpoint of the linkage 32. The brace is in two parts which extend along opposite sides of the linkage as shown.

The invention can then be used as previously described.

While I have described my invention with particular reference to the drawings, such is not to be considered as limiting its actual scope.

Having thus described this invention. what is asserted as new is:

1. A device for curling eyelashes comprising:

a vertical U shaped frame;

an elongated first member having a vertical section secured at an upper end to the bottom of theframe and further having a downwardly and outwardly inclined bottom end which terminates in a finger receiving loop lying in a plane perpendicular to that of the member;

an elongated second member pivotally secured'at its upper end to the frame and extending downward and outward in opposite direction to the first member to terminate in another finger receiving loop, the another loop lying in a plane parallel to that of the first member loop;

first eyelash receiving means secured rigidly to the upper ends of the frame and extending horizontally therebetween; I

second parallel eyelash receiving means slidable up and down along the frame;

a horizontally elongated electrical heater element disposed in the second means;

a housing secured to the outside of the second member at a position intermediate the ends;

an elongated shaft disposed in the housing and extending upward to an exposed top end;

a linkage disposed between the first and second members, the linkage being pivotally secured at one end to the bottom of the frame and at the other end to the top end of the shaft; v

an elongated brace secured pivotally at one end to the midpoint of the second means and at the other end to a point on the linkage intermediate its ends whereby eyelashes can be squeezed between'the first and second means by manipulation of the loops to cause the second means to slide upward along the frame; and

dry cells removably disposed in the housing and electrically connected to the element.

2. The device of claim 1 further including an on-off I switch connected in circuit with batteries and element and disposed on the housing. 

1. A device for curling eyelashes comprising: A VERTICAL U shaped frame; AN ELONGATED FIRST MEMBER HAVING A VERTICAL SECTION SECURED AT AN UPPER END TO THE BOTTOM OF THE FRAME AND FURTHER HAVING A DOWNWARDLY AND OUTWARDLY INCLINED BOTTOM END WHICH TERMINATES IN A FINGER RECEIVING LOOP LYING IN A PLANE PERPENDICULAR TO THAT OF THE MEMBER; AN ELONGATED SECOND MEMBER PIVOTALLY SECURED AT ITS UPPER END TO THE FRAME AND EXTENDING DOWNWARD AND OUTWARD IN OPPOSITE DIRECTION TO THE FIRST MEMBER TO TERMINATE IN ANOTHER FINGER RECEIVING LOOP, THE ANOTHER LOOP LYING IN A PLANE PARALLEL TO THAT OF THE FIRST MEMBER LOOP; FIRST EYELASH RECEIVING MEANS SECURED RIGIDLY TO THE UPPER ENDS OF THE FRAME AND EXTENDING HORIZONTALLY THEREBETWEEN; SECOND PARALLEL EYELASH RECEIVING MEANS SLIDABLE UP AND DOWN ALONG THE FRAME; A HORIZONTALLY ELONGATED ELECTRICAL HEATER ELEMENT DISPOSED IN THE SECOND MEANS; A HOUSING SECURED TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE SECOND MEMBER AT A POSITION INTERMEDIATE THE ENDS; AN ELONGATED SHAFT DISPOSED IN THE HOUSING AND EXTENDING UPWARD TO AN EXPOSED TOP END; A LINKAGE DISPOSED BETWEEN THE FIRST AND SECOND MEMBERS, THE LINKAGE BEING PIVOTALLY SECURED AT ONE END TO THE BOTTOM OF THE FRAME AND AT THE OTHER END TO THE TOP END OF THE SHAFT; AN ELONGATED BRACE SECURED PIVOTALLY AT ONE END TO THE MIDPOINT OF THE SECOND MEANS AND AT THE OTHER END TO A POINT ON THE LINKAGE INTERMEDIATE ITS ENDS WHEREBY EYELASHES CAN BE SQUEEZED BETWEEN THE FIRST AND SECOND MEANS BY MANIPULATION OF THE LOOPS TO CAUSE THE SECOND MEANS TO SLIDE UPWARD ALONG THE FRAME; AND DRY CELLS REMOVABLY DISPOSED IN THE HOUSING AND ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED TO THE ELEMENT.
 2. The device of claim 1 further including an on-off switch connected in circuit with batteries and element and disposed on the housing. 